DV SSL Certificates

Domain Validation (DV) SSL Certificates offer the fastest, simplest, and most cost-effective way for online businesses to secure their websites. Issued within minutes, Sectigo DV certificates provide industry-standard 256-bit encryption and validate domain ownership, ensuring your customers feel confident visiting a safe and secure site.

Single Domain DV

Multi-Domain DV

Wildcard DV

Validation Requirements

The preferred validation method (and the easiest) is completing the verification with email-based authentication. Using this method, we will send an email to the WHOIS registrar email address asking you to verify that you purchased a DV certificate. Once you positively respond to our email, the requirement is considered satisfied and the certificate can be issued within minutes of a completed order.

As an alternative to the WHOIS registered email, we can send the authentication email to one of five pre-approved email addresses associated with the website domain. The five pre-approved addresses are:

  1. Admin@name-of-site.com
  2. Administrator@name-of-site.com
  3. Webmaster@name-of-site.com
  4. Hostmaster@name-of-site.com
  5. Postmaster@name-of-site.com

If the email Domain Validation does not work for your particular situation, there are alternative methods.

  • File-Based Authentication – we will provide you with a text file that you will need to upload to the root directory of your website. This will then be verified by us via HTTP or HTTPS.
  • CNAME-Based Authentication – we will provide you with two unique hash values (these are MD5 and SHA1). You, in turn, must enter them in your CNAME DNS record.

User-Friendly Dashboard for Easy Certificate Management

In our customer dashboard, you can easily view all the products you have with Sectigo, track their lifecycle status, issue or reissue certificates, and renew expiring certificates. This streamlined process saves you time and eliminates the worry of unexpected downtime caused by expired certificates.